Hand bag



Dec| 8 A. Kuuck HAND BAG Filed Dec. 18. 1924 L m w m M i ATTORNEY bottom thereof; a'n'd HAND BAG.

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' Application fled December i8, Serial N0, 758,658.

To all whom it mayvomem: Be it knownfthat I, ABRAHA 'KULICK, citizen of the United States of America, residing at the city, county, and State of New 5, York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hand Bags, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the construction andparticularly the arrangement of co'ndealedlpockets in hand bags"; V The object of the inventionis to provide T certain new and useful improvements in hand bags of this character havin cealed pockfis for containing va nables which will not be accessible to unauthorized persons while the bag is being carried by theowner.v r- A further object of the invention. is to provide a concealed 6 My which "folds upon itself and beneatlitlie'i main cover of the bag to seal the mouth of the saidpocket. A .One embodiment of my invention is illusf tratively exemplified in the accompanying drawing, in which, Figural is a p'crspecq tive view" of my improved bag showing the cover and bag in open positions; Figure2is a transversesectional view of theba'gjshow} ;ing the latter in closed ositi'on. 1

Referring to the drawing, 10 denotes the body of the bag having an integral-cover portion 11. and interior section 12; The front, back and cover of tliebagis cut from a sin 1e piece of materia as clearly i1lustrated in Figure2. It will be understood of course that suitable fillings will be pro- 'vided for the bag, but for the sakeof brevity such linings are'not illustrated ,norde;

scribed. The interior-back Wall-Ofthe bag is provided with a pocket 13 which is constructdof a single oftmaterial .14, the-latter attach to th'e ;bodyz.10,

soas .to rovi e agnouth- 15 'adqacent the i0 fold oft e'majncoverTI-andv-an upright anid i'tion. which forms the outside wall 16 o a concealed The'backing v material} attache'dto'fthebody 10 atthe parallel and adjacent the wall 16. e upper end of the backing 18 projects substantially aboye the con- 1.

18': for the pocket 17 "com'pflscs a piece of;

wall 16 to form a flap 19 which folds along a line adj acent the u per edge of the front wall of the body Id:

In order to seal the 'pocket 17- the wall lfigiereof projects above the line of the flap latter is folded over on the face of the from:

wall the wall 16 and backing 18 cooperate to form a' closure for t-hemouth of the said 'concealedpocket." Both the cover 11 and flap 19 are provided with one member of a separable fastenin members thereof being disposed onthe front walLof the body 10.

(1 so, that when themeans 20, the other .Having described my invention what 15 claim is:

1. A handbag, having a. body portion of one piece of, material forming the front; back and cover portions, an internal parti- -.tion comprising a pocket composed of ad k t h ying- ;,fl jacent strips of material stitched along'their- "opposlteedges to the body of thebag, orien portion of back, an internally arranged partition having a backing of one piece of matellal secured to the bottomfold of'the' bodv and having the free end adapted to foldover the front portion to /close the pocket in front ef'the partition, said artition further having a second" strip 0 material attachedat its inner end anddisposed parah 'lel t9 the first strip andha'ing its upper free end projecting beyond t e fold .in the first stri the said fold causing the two strips to ,brought'toge her when the .free ends of latter are folded the front portion; Y

1 3. A hand bag, hiwinga bod (portion of a single piece, of material fol e toform overtlie edgebf front,-"back and cover portions. a; second piece oi material arranged within the bod a pocket, the-remaining ortion of the second piece'being attach; to lowerfold-of the body portion then dis portiomand having one 'enddisposed para elto and adjacent the back portion to forms in.u righ position and thereafter foldeda icent the top of the bag; the free end-beyond the end of the third'piece being adapted to fold latter fold forming a flap to fold over the with the first flap over the front wall of front portion, and a'third piece of material the bag. j l secured at its lower. end to the bottom of In testimony whereof I aflix my signa- 5 the bag and having its upright portion adtu-re. L Y jacent the upright portion of the second 7 piece to form a concealed pocket, the free ABRAHAM KULIGK. 4 

